Directed by : Vikram Bhatt
Imdb link -> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2140315/
Meri zindagi, meri khushiyaan... sab mera career hai.
Indian directors are still to make that one horror film which would become cult film. Atleast in last decade or so, I haven't seen such films come. 'Raaz' is one film that was very good, but still had its flaws.
Raaz3 is based on black magic, a concept I don't believe in but I enjoy watching it on screen. Shanaya (Bipasha Basu) can't see a newcomer actress, Sanjana (Esha Gupta) get ahead and steal the stardom that Shanaya feels is for her. She loses trust in God, and takes help of a shaitan in form of Black Magic. Aditya (Emraan Hashmi), a successful director and lover of Shanaya helps her in this act.
Shagufta Rafique as a writer, wrote superb character 'Shanaya'. Also, Sanjana and Aditya are well written roles. But, what makes Raaz3 look silly, is the dialogue writing and the direction to some extent. 'Bacha aur kutta.. pyar ka bhookha hota hai', seriously what kind of dialogue is this ? Also, Esha Gupta's miserable acting continues in this film even though she looks very beautiful unlike Jannat2.
Too many old cliches are used, and the aatma trying to behave in funny way is the worst possible thing you could opt for. The spirit has to be scary, nothing else. Another major flaw is the sudden shift from horror to sex scene, even if they wanted to have such scene (which is a must for emraan hashmi film), they should had shifted to new sequence.. how can a girl who just saw a dreadful sight of a man killed, get into a passionate sex scene, with a romantic background song on it. Plus, the logic of 'aatma' having sex with living person seems very odd. But, Vikram Bhatt has defied such logics in earlier films too.
What I loved in the film was Bipasha Basu performance. Watching her in every frame, gave a feeling of how much effort she has put on into the film. Its like, she wanted to prove something or possibility of understanding her character so well. Be it the scene where she seduces her love, or the one where she orders Aditya to do what has been told to.
Emraan Hashmi is yet again used badly by director, he's a talented actor but most directors feel he's limited to kissing and hot scenes. Watch the scene where he matches Bipasha shot after shot during the scene when Aditya leaves Shanaya. Also, the other significant scene he has, is where he takes Sanjana to his beach house, and has a conversation with her.
Manish Chaudhary is just wasting himself doing such films. His dialogue delivery is so good, reference to his 1st scene in the film, but the character he chose was silly. Aneways, he sure will be seen doing better films in future.
I liked the use of 'Khayalon mein' and 'Rafta Rafta' songs. The former is very good composition as it easily gives a feeling of a new character introduced who is very soon gonna encounter lots of scary incidents. While, the latter for the confusion to tell the truth.. and more so for the light romantic feel. The songs are good, only the title track is a big let down.
The cockroach sequence is probably the best scary (if imagined) moment in the film. The climax should had been more powerful, with the parallel cuts they were doing. It just went too easy for my liking.
Raaz3 would be best remembered for one of very good performances from Bipasha Basu, nothing else. Just making some good bits and pieces scenes, never constitute for a good film.
Verdict : BELOW AVERAGE
Imdb link -> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2140315/
Meri zindagi, meri khushiyaan... sab mera career hai.
Indian directors are still to make that one horror film which would become cult film. Atleast in last decade or so, I haven't seen such films come. 'Raaz' is one film that was very good, but still had its flaws.
Raaz3 is based on black magic, a concept I don't believe in but I enjoy watching it on screen. Shanaya (Bipasha Basu) can't see a newcomer actress, Sanjana (Esha Gupta) get ahead and steal the stardom that Shanaya feels is for her. She loses trust in God, and takes help of a shaitan in form of Black Magic. Aditya (Emraan Hashmi), a successful director and lover of Shanaya helps her in this act.
Shagufta Rafique as a writer, wrote superb character 'Shanaya'. Also, Sanjana and Aditya are well written roles. But, what makes Raaz3 look silly, is the dialogue writing and the direction to some extent. 'Bacha aur kutta.. pyar ka bhookha hota hai', seriously what kind of dialogue is this ? Also, Esha Gupta's miserable acting continues in this film even though she looks very beautiful unlike Jannat2.
Too many old cliches are used, and the aatma trying to behave in funny way is the worst possible thing you could opt for. The spirit has to be scary, nothing else. Another major flaw is the sudden shift from horror to sex scene, even if they wanted to have such scene (which is a must for emraan hashmi film), they should had shifted to new sequence.. how can a girl who just saw a dreadful sight of a man killed, get into a passionate sex scene, with a romantic background song on it. Plus, the logic of 'aatma' having sex with living person seems very odd. But, Vikram Bhatt has defied such logics in earlier films too.
What I loved in the film was Bipasha Basu performance. Watching her in every frame, gave a feeling of how much effort she has put on into the film. Its like, she wanted to prove something or possibility of understanding her character so well. Be it the scene where she seduces her love, or the one where she orders Aditya to do what has been told to.
Emraan Hashmi is yet again used badly by director, he's a talented actor but most directors feel he's limited to kissing and hot scenes. Watch the scene where he matches Bipasha shot after shot during the scene when Aditya leaves Shanaya. Also, the other significant scene he has, is where he takes Sanjana to his beach house, and has a conversation with her.
Manish Chaudhary is just wasting himself doing such films. His dialogue delivery is so good, reference to his 1st scene in the film, but the character he chose was silly. Aneways, he sure will be seen doing better films in future.
I liked the use of 'Khayalon mein' and 'Rafta Rafta' songs. The former is very good composition as it easily gives a feeling of a new character introduced who is very soon gonna encounter lots of scary incidents. While, the latter for the confusion to tell the truth.. and more so for the light romantic feel. The songs are good, only the title track is a big let down.
The cockroach sequence is probably the best scary (if imagined) moment in the film. The climax should had been more powerful, with the parallel cuts they were doing. It just went too easy for my liking.
Raaz3 would be best remembered for one of very good performances from Bipasha Basu, nothing else. Just making some good bits and pieces scenes, never constitute for a good film.
Verdict : BELOW AVERAGE
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